TAPAS
Call To artists

 

Students at Isaac Dickson at their residency showcase with artist, Ona Armstrong.

 
 

Request for Applicants

TAPAS (Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools) is a collaborative effort which implements high-quality artist residencies in Asheville City Schools while promoting and communicating the work of local artists. TAPAS meaningfully integrates visual and craft arts, performing arts, and creative writing experiences into core curriculum in preschool–grade 12 classrooms. Since 2010, TAPAS has impacted over 13,000 students, trained over 60 local artists, and provided more than 1,100 days of artists in residence. TAPAS creates economic and career enhancing opportunities for talented local artists. TAPAS provides artists with the opportunity to design their own residency based upon artistic medium, curriculum area of focus, and student age.

Artists will need to submit an application for consideration. Once accepted, artists will need to develop a residency proposal for student impact and unique connections between the creative arts and academic curriculum. Each year, a limited number of residency concepts are accepted during the fall and spring. Once the proposal is approved, artist residencies are added to the TAPAS program catalog which is promoted and advertised to all ACS educators. Once an educator has identified a residency, they will meet with the artist and refine the residency to suit the specific needs of the classroom(s). Residencies average between 3-10 days and occur during the school day, 8:00AM-2:20PM.


TAPAS benefits for our community: 

  • Excellent hourly pay for working artists

  • Professional growth for artists interested in arts education

  • Increased community awareness of TAPAS artists 

  • Creative insight for teachers

  • Integration of a diverse artist community into a diverse student body

TAPAS Artists are expected to:

  • Have previous experience in art education

  • Have social skills appropriate for working with children and young adults

  • Understand Arts Integration through experience or formal study

  • Understand how to access and use the NC Standard Course of Study

  • Be on time and remain flexible to teacher needs

  • Stay within budget for allocated time and material costs

Timeline, Budget and Payment:

  • Residencies average between 3-10 days and occur during the school day, 8:00AM-2:20PM

  • Each residency is subject to a budget which includes the artist’s time and materials

  • Residencies pay $55 per delivery hour

  • Artists must invoice at the end of their residency to receive payment

  • Materials costs are generally reimbursed unless prior approval is obtained 

  • Payment comes directly from ACSF and is typically mailed to the artist’s home 


Application Requirements:

Please email Rachel Reeser with your Resume or Portfolio to rachel@acsf.org.

artists Apply now!


For More information please Contact:

Rachel Reeser
TAPAS Program Coordinator
828 - 350- 6174
rachel@acsf.org